How do you determine what graphics card you have?

Question

My laptop is a gateway MT6841, but I can't find any sites that say what graphics card I have.

Any help would be wonderful!
Thanks.

Answer 1

Go to your control panel

> click on "system"
> click on the Hardware tab on top
> Click on device manager
> this will show you every hardware installed on your pc
> There is usally something that is called "Display Adapter" click on the plus next to it
> the name of your card should be revealed!

Answer 2

Right click on the My Computer icon on the computer desktop. Select PROPERTIES. Click the tab marked HARDWARE. Click the button marked DEVICE MANAGER.

Click the plus sign next to DISPLAY ADAPTORS.

Your graphics card type will show up on the line that appears below.

Answer 3

the number is one good way low ends for ati example low end card ati 4250 high end 6700 series or 6800 series 3 important things make a good graphics card one is the speed of the core example 480ghz core is good for moderate work 800ghz or 700 or 650 are more for demanding things like gaming next is stream processes 0r (cuda cores if handling nirvida) this is how much information the graphic card can handle at a time such as detail for lush video or gaming low ends have less streams 80 190 then its more 400 -800 line its more for gaming shaders add lil bits of detail to give more realism. next you have the most important part is amount of memory it has to do all these things 1gb will do alot but 2gb is better for gaming the more it has the less chance of lagging and the higher the streams also helps prevent lagging here is a good not to expensive example SAPPHIRE AMD Radeon HD 6750 2048MB GDDR3 2 slot spaces this will handle most games and can crossfire which means you can use 2 of these if your board supports crossfire for a wicked set up gddr3 is slower then gddr5 cards but this rarely effects game play XFX AMD Radeon HD 6770 1024MB GDDR5 this can be crossfired also single slot means only takes 1 slot up i put ati down as they are cheaper

Answer 4

go to ur control panel then open the system properties then u should see a bunch of tabs at top...go to the hardware tab then below it open device manager then u will see a long list....go to the display adapters tab and open in and that will show u the video u have....hope this helps ya

Answer 5

Go to device manager, click on video driver and read what you have.

Answer 6

for winxp : click start --> control panel --> display --> settings --> advanced and the information will be under "adapter type"

Answer 7

go to your computer info by right-clicking and then properties

Answer 8

right click on my computer and then properties, it should show.